Letters From the Front
SICK SOLDIERS
INCITE PITY
OF U. S. NURSE
Mrs. Gauge Says There Are So
Many Little Things They
Are in Need Of
The unpleasant task of notifying
the families of soldiers who die is
the unpleasant task that has fallen
to the lot of Mrs. Helen Lauder
Gauge, of this city, who is with Base
Hospital 10 of the American expedi
tionary force in France.
Two additional letters from her
follow:
"July Ist, 1917.
"Dearest People:
"I had my first letters from you on
Friday, one from father, one from
Edith and one Archie wrote the 17th
of May. You can never realize how
happy I was when I saw them; then
to-day I had a second one from
father written the 10th of June and
sent to London. I think that came
In fairly good time. It seemed ages
and ages watting for some word
from' you, but '1 was n.ot the only
one—scarcely any nurses, and only
a few doctors, had received any news
from home. The boys have been
getting theirs right along as it was
sent directly here. I think the mail
will come through more regularly
now - , ,
"We have three of the meanest kind
of days—rain and, oh, so cold! I
never saw it rain as it did yesterday.
We got used to it though, and when
we want to go to town, we go no
matter how it rains. When we get
our rubber hats and boots we will go
in better condition. Even the 1' rench
people sav the season has been un
usuallv cold and wet. I wonder how
1 will manage when it gets what the>
call cold here. I believe we are be
ing provided with dark blue dresses
of rather heavy material to work in,
I think I told you Mrs. WTUtelaw
Reid gave each nurse a dozen
aprons and sleeves. Later we will
get a lightweight summer street
dress. I would give most anything
if I had left all my clothes at home,
thev are such a bother. It is abso- (
lutely forbidden to wear civilian |
dress at any time, and I believe not
safe. Women out of uniform haNC.
to have a pass to get within the hos- |
pital lines. If they don't have one, i
thev are arrested. 1
"We up here are a little, I should
say big, town to ourselves —and a
very busy one. There are such beau
tiful walkJ all around us, especiall>
along the cliffs, and the 'l°**™
that prow wild are beautiful. We
keep our huts very pretty with them
and the patients enjoy them so. We
took the train the other day and
went to Eu . It's a rather inter
esting rlace. The Cathedral there
is very pld and wonderful. William
'he .Conqueror was married there
nd many old kings are buried there,
'he ri<e is very pretty through such
l>autlful trees.
*A convoy came in last night, so we
wye tery busy to-day. We lost one
paiert in the night. He had an am- j
PHated arm and he became septic, j
It "vgs a gas gangrene case when he |
cn in He died a horrible death, j
ro>r fellow, and yesterday another
* of<Mir bovs "went west." (They all
spink of death that way). Poor chap.
hi( wounds were very extensive but
nm deep or considered serious, but
a hrombus developed and he went
in * flash. We felt particularly sorry
as he has a young wife in England
anq of course, she thought he was
doi|c well. T always have to write
the families of patients who die and
it's i hard task. The boys we got
ts-dfiy are in a fair condition as to
dressing. They are given "flrst aid '
nt the different casualty stations and
then gnthe-ed into a train. When
ve get them they are very tired and
ve let them rest a day before we
start to cletn them. I have two fine
Scotchman |n mv lot. The Germans
fall the Scotch regiments "The
vomen from hell" —the are such
fghters.
"There are so many things that
ve would like to have here for the
sck boys. T am going to mention
sme things and if you know of any
one who Is particularly Interested
li what we are doing and would like
t< help, just tell them what they
ctuld send us to help out. Watches,
clarets and tobacco we need alwavs.
T\prv soap is expensive an.d Miss
Thnlap savs we are short of it.
Books and magazines are needed.
At soon as the boys are able, they
red all day long. Then it would
ch'er the hearts of the nurses to get
cofee—(George Washington coffee).
The coffee we get is so poor, we
woiild rather drink tea and you know
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LiNItttKTAKEH iru
Chas. H. Mauk'^ll"
fwrVATg PHOWI.I j
FRIDAY EVENING,
what poor comfort tea Is for break
fast. Dr. Dlllard has been giving
us coffee that he brought with him
and we have it in the hut about 9.30.
We are wondering how we will get
along without it. for of course it
can't last forever. 1 mention these
things that we need for often peo
ple would like to help if they knew
how they could, and in giving any
thing this way they would know
just how and where it was used. I
will add more to this to-morrow as
It is now growing late.
"July 3rd, 1917.
"Yesterday was Don Day and the
Canadians had a big celebration. In
the afternoon they had sports on the
golf links. It was quite an affair.
Officers, nurses and men all took
part in such things as egg and spoon
races, needle and thread races, walk
ing, running and jumping contests,
climbing greased poles, etc. It was
very amusing and the day was beau
tiful. Later tea was served under
awnings. The CanAdian Sisters had
baked all the cakes and they were
delicious. We also had sandwiches,
fruit salad and tea. In the evening
they gave a concert in the Y. M.
C. A. A minstrel show by the en
listed men was quite good.
"We read in the papers that our
troops are coming over. We are all
very eager to know when they will
be here and we are hoping to follow
them.
"To-morrow is our Fourth and we,
too, are going to celebrate, so I'll not
mail this until I can tell you about it.
"July sth. 1917.
"The Fourth was a sad failure as
far as the weather was concerned.
It rained all the previous day and
night. Consequently, when we awoke
we found It very cold and damp
without any sign of the sun. The
ball game between the Canadians
and us had to be postponed, but in
the afternoon we gave a 'tea' in our
mess to our officers and the officers
of the three other hospitals, together
with the matrons, assistants and few
nurses. We did not have room for
all and even what we had made a
crowd. The English and Canadian
officers are extremely nice and we
always enjoy meeting them The
boys had gotten up a play for the
e\eiing and we were on our way to
it when word was received that a
convoy was coming, so the play had
to be sidetracked. The convov'came
n about 10 o'clock. We got a few*
but none are acute cases. A great
many were medical ones
L? USt at °P thls letter and get it
off for you will be wondering whv I
write. I hope you are all well
and that everyone will write often
"Devotedly,
]]Base Hospital No. 10 IIET '
"Fronce.° n Ex P edlti °nary Force,
Saturday Spec'l Sale SJ 9 i Saturday Spec! Sale
z CIGARS f\f) LL A DRUGS *
8 Havana Tucks Cigars for. .25c M f J • lb. Merck's Sugar Milk ...45c
■ l I I 8 Sliarpcs Special for 25c WL 1 Ib ' Mcrcks s<Klium Phosphate ftJ ■ ■ L^P
Steven Cigars for . M. J* J*
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0 King Oscar Cigars for . . .
1" Mm oz. bottle
6 General Ilartranft Cigars 450 Ess. Pepiiermint, 3 oz. . .20c
for 25c tf~J l^/V SJc Lime Water, 1 pt.* 15c
6 Sweet Girl Cigars for ...,25c \-*&€AAJ 25c Camphorated Oil. 3 0z..15c
.. „ ' 50c Tr. Arnica,
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SPECIAL 2-FOR-l SALE
This Is a Very Opportune Sale To Get Your Vacation Wants Now—Saturday Only—Only Two of a Kind To a Customer
None Sold To Dealers or Dru££ists
sl*oo 25c 25c ri ,1 i a J * 60c 50c
Freckle Cream Magic Corn Remedy J. N. C. Neuralgia Tablets i\rilCloS Walnutta Hair Stain Make Man Tablets
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9 - 25c 10c 9 A. M. to 12 O'clock Noon • 25c 25c
Kidney Pasters James' Headache Powders 75c ' 20c Tetlow's Swan Down Mentholatum
Curative Skin Soap 2 for 25c 2 for 10c Pinaud's Lilac Water Bathing Caps , * P <"^ er 2 for 25c
2 for 25c 2 for 75c 2 for 20c 2 25 *
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10c Bell-ans I Nux and Iron SI.OO 25c $ l5O Glosso Sage Hair Tonic
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35c Charcoal Tablets Bcef > Wine and Iron 50c 50c Syrup of Tar, Cod Liver Oil
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75c Colgate's Shaving Soap Babcock's Talcum Powder 25c 50c
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LUTHER JBURRAKKL*.
Luther Burbank, the plant wizard
who is reported to be seriously ill at
his home, Santa, Cruz, Cal., from
overwork and a cold. He is sixty
eight years old and was married
recently. •
ECONOMIC PRESSURE
TO END THE WAR
One of the chief means for main
taining justice in the world after
we get the Germans beaten, as pro
posed by the League to Enforce Peace,
was economic pressure. Economic
pressure is nothing more or less than
a boycott. But no one until this wanis
demonstration realized how complete
and effective such a boycott could be.
With pnly the United States and Eng
land*operat!ng a licensing system
against a country, even without hos
tile military acts, its overseas trade
would almost inevitably collapse.
Shipping that could not touch at an
American port op get American coal
nor touch at British ports or use
British coal (the British control most
of the merchant coaling stations
around the American
or British goods—to such shipping
there would*'be poor cargoes and
worse profits. Without either British
or American coal, merchant shipping
could not cross either the Atlantic or
Pacific and return, for In North Amer
ica we or the British control the coal,
and in South America the coal is
chiefly brought out from England.
The war is teaching us many things
about the possibilities of co-operation
with other nations, and one of the
most Interesting possibilities is the
power of economic persuasion as a
part of this war and as a preventive
or part of future wars.—The "World's
Work."
IT ARRTSBURG TELEGRAPH
50,000 Girls Are
Camping in Outdoors
More than fifty thousand Camp
Fire Girls will have spent a week
or more In camp by tho end of this
summer season. Last year 45,502
dlrls out of a membership of approxi
mately 90,000 went camping on money
they had earned themselves. The
average monthly gain In membership
for the nine months previous to the
declaration of war was 2G50. After
that event the monthly gain Jumped
to 3347, and on July Ist the total
membership was approximately
100,000.
These girls gain pleasure and health
from these outings, but they gain
other things equally Important. They
learn self-reliance, team work and the
spirit of co-operation in household
work. They undertake the care of
their camps, the cooking and clean
ing up, turn and turn about, and ab
sorb as much household craft as they
do woodcraft on these excursions.
The camps vary Infinitely. Some
are in tents, some in old cabins, some
in improvised shacks, some even in
their own back yards. President.Wil
son is honorary president of this
movement which Is giving to the girls
health, happiness and self-reliance,
and to the nation capable, healthy
women, fit to be the Mothers of the
Nation's sons. More than half of all
the Camp Fires started since the
movement began in 1912 are still In
existence.
An "Orderly" Election,
in Mexican Style
People who read about Mexico
know by name that bright star of
Mexican politics. General Candido
Agullar. I was in Puerto Mexico on
election day when Agullar was run
ning for Governor of Vera Cruz
against General Gavlra. You would
have thought he least a good,
running start by being the Primero
Jefe's (Carranza's) candidate and en
gaged to his daughter, but Candido
never takes any chances. He had two
freight trains of decanted Constitu
tionalist soldiers, armed beyond the
teeth, in that town bivouacked around
the polls and the telegraph and cable
offices. You had to cross yourself and
stop over sleeping arsenals to send
a telegram. The simple job of that
soldiery was to insure a constitutional
and orderly election by keeping the
Gaviristas from exercising a suffrage
called by the new Constitution uni
versal. I don't know first-hand just
how matters stood In the other towns
of the State of Vera Cruz, but on
reaching Mexico City several days
later I read in the capital papers that
General Aguilar had been elected
Governor by substantial majorities
after a very "orderly"' election.—
George Marvin, in The "World's
Work."
Why the German
Was Roughly Handled
The following Is an extract from
the Journal o£ Hugh S. Gibson, first
secretary of the American Legation
in Brussels at the outbreak of the
"Germans here are having an un
happy time, and I shall be happier
when they are across the border.
Nothing much seems to have hap
pened to them beyond having a few
shops wrecked in Antwerp and one
or two people beaten up In Brussels.
One case that came to my knowledge
was an outraged man who had been
roughly handled and could not un
derstand why. All he had done was
to stand In front of a cafe where the
little tables are on the sidewalk and
remark: Talk all the French you can.
You'll soon have to talk German.'"—
The "World's Work."
HOW A|BI>LA.\E! SAVED FRANCE
"Had It not been for the French
air service." says Burton J. Hendrlclt
In the "World's Work," "France would
have been destroyed In the first few
weeks of the war. For years the
French General Staff had expected an
attack through Belgium—the strate
gic railroads which the Germans were
so painstakingly building up to the
Belgian frontier could convey no
other meaning. Yet the Frenchmen
still believed that the main onslaught
would come across the French fron
tier, and had made their iplans for
their greatest resistance in this reg
ion. France entered this war with
only about one hundred army air
planes, but Germany, which had fore
seen the part this new instrument
was to play, had a much larger equip
ment. Yet, a few days after the Bel-
Alkali Makes Soap
Bad For Washing Hair
Most soaps and prepared sham
poos contain too much alkali, which
is very injurious, as it dries the scalp
and makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use it just plain
mulsified cocoanut oil, for this is
pure and entirely greaseless. It's
very cheap, and beats the most ex
pensive soaps or anything else all
to pieces. You can set this at any
drug store, and a few ounces will
last the whole family for months.
Simply moisten the hair with water
ar;d rub it in, about a teasoonful is
all that is required. It makes an
abundance of rich, creamy lather,
cleanses thoroughly, and rinses out
easily. The hair dries quickly and
evenly, and is soft, fresh looking,
bright, fluffy, wavy and easy to
handle. Besides, it loosens and
tikes out every particle of dust,
dirt and dandruff.
Klan Invasion began, French aviators,
flying near the Belgian-German fron
tier, saw a sight that Immediately
caused a chungo In the French opera
tions. The Germans were crossing
the frontier In enormous numbers —
and tha> fact became apparent that In
this section the main attack was to
come. This news, Hashed to General
Joftro caused that sudden alteration
in his plans that made possible the
successful battles of early September.
Had it not been for this operation, the
French army would have concen
trated for the Germans in force on
the Alsace-Lorraine frontier, and the
whole territory, from Belgium to
Paris and Calais, would have been
left open to the German onslaught.
That Is, the war would have ended
according to the calculations which
'had been so carefully made In per
many,"
AMERICA'S DEBT AND WEALTH
The outstanding debt of the United
States will be Increased more than
sevenfold by financing already
authorized for war purposes. We are
going to spend for preparation and
for initial operations alone nearly as
much as four years of the Civil War
A MONSTER SALE
Harrisburg's Big "Everybody's" Shoe Store
20th CENTURY SHOE CO'S. STORE IN HER NEW
DRESS-NO. 3 SOUTH MARKET SQUARE
We release a broadside of Economy Specials for Saturday and
Monday—See Our Windows and Our Bargain Tables
•
A very unusual offer of 250 pairs of Women's Sea Island Duck Pumps,
women's high grade shoes —Goodyear hand turned 51.98 Value. Sale
welt, Hand turned, in Vici Kid, P f i ce ....980
Bronze, Patent Kid, Gun Metal, Vici Ladies' Combination and Plain Col-
Kid —Lace and P>utton $4.00 to $6.00 ored Canvas Shoe —$3.00 Value. Sale
Values'at $2.48 Price $1.98
Men's Oxfords in Black and Tan, $2.49 —Worth $3.50 and $5.00
20th CENTURY SHOE CO.
E. F. DEICHLER, Mgr. ''Shoes That Wear"
South Market Square
AUGUST 3, 1917.
coat both the North and the South.
In addition wo are financing a 3-bll
lion-dollar loan here for our allies. All
this will Increase our dobt from ap
proximately one billion dollars to 8
billion.
Yet after all that lncrease.our per
capita debt will still be lower than
that of any other leading nation ex
cept Russia; and If our loans to our
allies, for which the Government will
hold their securities, are excepted, our
debt of less t'han SSO for each man,
woman and child will be by far the
lowest among the nations. On tho
other hand, our national wealth Is
estimated at more than twice that of
any other country, and is also higher
J .S. Belsmger
212 Locust St.
New Location
Optometrists. Opticians
Fycs Kxaminrd (No Drops)
llclslngcr Glasses as low as $2.
than any other when reduced to a
per capita basis. The "World - *
Work."
NO HEADACHE OR
NEURALGIA PAIN
Get a 10 cent package of Dr.
James* Headache Powders
and don't suffer.
When your head aches you simply
must have relief or you will go wild.
It's needless to suffer when you can
take a remedy like Dr. James' Head>
ache Powders and relieve the pain
and neuralgia at once. Send someone
to the drug store now for a dlmo
package of Dr. James' Headache
Powders. Don't suffer. In a few
moments you wj,ll feel fine—hea<}j
ache gone—no more neuralgia pain.
—Adv.
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